RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
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I HAVE HEARD OF A METHOD OF SEALING A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD OR BLOCK BY MEANS OF IMPREGNATING WITH SOME FORM OF RESIN. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ?
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RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
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RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
Shaun TiedeULTRADYNE Arl,TX(stiede@ev1.net)
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
John Haskell
Aire Research Engr.
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
As to the red pepper---Come on guys let's not go off on that bent again. We all know that pepper, sawdust, copper powder, aluminium powder, egg whites, ---- on and on and on, ad infinitum, can seal up the "45 caliber hole" in the radiator. That stuff would get you home in a Model A but boy, did you have a clogged up radiator. Todays radiators are quite intolerant of these old time "cures". Unless you have a "need" to experiment and a deep pocket, stick to the "repair or replace" doctrine on the new stuff. It is not at all uncommon to put some magic potion in the radiator to stop a leak "temporarily" and forgetting until the thing costs you an engine or worse.
Rod
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
If it will block a hole that causes a leak, it will also block a similar sized water passage that you don't want blocked.
Modern engines have much finer water passages, especially in the radiator, but also in the head and cabin heater core.
These fine passages are the results of more precision in casting and more efficient design.
Also, something that will seal at 15 psi water pressure, might not seal with combustion chamber pressures acting on it.
Regards
pat
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
The thing is though, it isnt cheap and its a bastard of a job to do so you would really have to have no other option.
Hope this helps, there is a bit of a website, www.seal-lock.com.
Greg Tarlinton.
RE: RESIN SEALANT FOR CYLINDER HEAD
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/rodi/radiatoradd.html
On a car with a slight external coolant leak at the head gasket it worked fine and never gave anymore troubles for several years. The engine never overheated neither, even at full load and speed for hours on European highways.
On a second identical case, I tested first another brand of sealant and it didn't work at all. Then I put in the cooling circuit a can of Bar's Leaks sealer, but I didn't flush the system properly to get rid of all the traces of the other stuff before, as advised on the Bar's instructions leaflet. It didn't work perfectly; the leak was reduced but was still there.
Then I sealed the leak with Araldite 2-components epoxy resin and up to now it doesn't leak anymore.
Cheers
Aorangi